Baby & Infant Nutrition – Week 3 (Finger Foods)

We have covered over the past two weeks when to introduce solids to baby and what foods to try, including weaning baby from 8/9 months.

Baby has been through this exciting food journey, exploring mashed and pureed options and will now be eating a variety of solid foods. In this blog, we are going to cover what type of finger foods you can try with baby. This can be for meal times and snacks throughout the day, if you are out and about with baby, you might struggle to prepare meals, therefore having some finger foods on hand, could be the saviour when you have popped out. You can also take baby on a family picnic with some of these great food tips!

Some experts say that food should not be seen as a routine part of the day but instead used as a resource for learning and having fun. This can lead to your baby trying new foods in a more natural way. Baby is aware of smell and touch from around 4-6 months onwards to it’s important that the environment you provide promotes sensory learning, introducing different textures, colours and flavours.

Finger foods are fun for baby to try, this gives them independence to feed themselves, and also helps develop fine motor skills and coordination, so despite the mess, this is all very positive for baby as part of their development.

What are finger foods? These are bite-sized easy to eat pieces of food and you can start to try baby with these around the weaning stage at 8/9 months. Starting with some soft foods, which are easy for baby to pick up and grasp hold of, which we cover below. Make it fun and try interesting shapes.